Garoppolo's Tendencies Rubbed Some the Wrong Way

The Las Vegas Raiders signed Jimmy Garoppolo last offseason with the expectation that the veteran quarterback would bounce back from his foot injury and at least be a serviceable replacement for Derek Carr. 

The Raiders essentially got the exact opposite in Garoppolo, as the quarterback was routinely the cause of inexplicable turnovers. It could even be argued that Garoppolo never looked fully recovered physically or mentally from his injury last season.

Through the first eight games of the season, Garoppolo singlehandedly lost multiple games for the Raiders. His inability to cut down on his turnovers or stretch the field for the Raiders' offense greatly hindered the team this season. 

To make matters worse, according to NFL Insider Albert Breer, some of Garoppolo's tendencies off the field, which the Raiders hoped would come to an end, didn't. Breer says some of the same traits that led to Garoppolo's rocky end with the San Francisco 49ers continued after the veteran quarterback signed with the Raiders.

"Garoppolo had a reputation for being aloof in San Francisco, which would drive detail-oriented coach Kyle Shanahan nuts," Breer said. "Particularly when, at points of the offseason, the Niners would have trouble getting ahold of him."  

"Some of those problems carried over to Vegas, where a group that knew him, led by Dave Ziegler and coach Josh McDaniels, had hoped he’d grow out of some of those tendencies."